Saskatchewan | City of Melville declares local state of emergency due to...
City of Melville – Declared State of Emergency Public Notification #1 At 8:54am Sunday June 29, 2014, the City of Melville declared a state of local emergency. The recent high levels of rainfall have...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Potential health risk due to Hep A exposure – Palliser...
AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE IS BEING ISSUED TO CLIENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF MAINSTAY INN MOTEL AND RESTAURANT LOCATED NEAR RIVERHURST IN PALLISER REGIONAL PARK. PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THIS LOCATION ANY...
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Saskatchewan | Regina – Update on local flooding situation
There has been a 20% drop in water use. Residents are still being asked to limit their water use when possible for the next 24 hours, we thank you for your continued cooperation. There is still a lot...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Melville – Declared state of emergency – Update July 1 2014
City of Melville – Declared State of Emergency Public Notification #3 As of 12:30pm Monday, July 1st, 2014, the state of local emergency which was declared in the City of Melville is STILL IN EFFECT....
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Evacuation order for Crooked Lake Provincial Park due to flooding
The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport has issued an evacuation order for campers and day users of Crooked Lake Provincial Park due to deteriorating road conditions and flooding. Crooked Lake...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Flooding impacting Sun Country Health Region operations
Heavy rains in southeast Saskatchewan are impacting some health care operations in Sun Country Health Region. Sun Country Health Region’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) was called into operation on...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | City of Yorkton enters clean-up phase following heavy rainfall...
The community is entering the clean-up phase following the recent heavy rainfall event. Waste water and storm water lines will continue to be monitored to ensure they are functioning normally. The...
View ArticleSK | All residents dealing with flooding can use Farm Stress Line for help
Farmers, ranchers, or anyone dealing with the aftermath of flooding can use the government’s Farm Stress Line, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Confidential telephone counselling, support...
View ArticleSK | Province working to address flood-damaged highways
As floodwaters in some parts of eastern Saskatchewan begin to recede, engineers and contractors are being deployed to assess damages and create plans to carry out repairs. “Several highways remain...
View ArticleSK | STARS stocks blood on board to perform transfusions on missions
The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) is the first medical service in Canada to begin stocking blood in advance for life-saving transfusions on air medical missions. The STARS base in Saskatoon...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Influenza A outbreak confirmed at Cypress Lodge Nursing Home...
A respiratory illness outbreak at the Cypress Lodge Nursing Home in Maple Creek has been confirmed as influenza type A (H3N2) by the Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory in Regina. This particular...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | RQHR asks unimmunized visitors to mask for 2014-15 flu season
On December 1, visitors who have not been immunized against the influenza virus will be asked to wear masks while in Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR) facilities. “Our primary focus during the...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Cypress Health Region partners with Swift Current Ambulance...
The Cypress Health Region and Swift Current & District Ambulance Service have entered into a formal partnership that will see the Ambulance Service assume a major role for the overall planning,...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Province begins testing SaskAlert Emergency System
Last week Emergency Management and Fire Safety Commissioner Duane McKay announced that testing of an emergency public alerting program known as SaskAlert will begin on February 1, 2015 within the...
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Saskatchewan | Saskatoon – New adult ED always to be part of Children`s Hospital
There has been plenty of buzz around the building of the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan (CHS) over the past few months. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in September, pilings are going into...
View ArticleSaskatchewan #SK | Residents reminded to take precautions for #Hantavirus
Health officials are reminding Saskatchewan residents to take precautions against hantavirus as the weather warms up. Hantavirus is transmitted by breathing in contaminated airborne particles from the...
View ArticleSaskatchewan #SK | New #wildfire #legislation now in effect
New wildfire management legislation has arrived in time for the province’s wildfire season, which typically runs from April 1 to October 31. The Wildfire Act replaces The Prairie and Forest Fires Act,...
View ArticleSaskatchewan #SK | April 12 to 18 to be proclaimed Public Safety...
Today, Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter announced April 12 to 18 will be proclaimed as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Saskatchewan to honour the people working on the front lines of...
View Article#Canada | Public Health Notice – #Outbreak of #Ecoli infections with possible...
The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with federal and provincial public health partners to investigate an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7, commonly called E.coli, with a possible...
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Saskatchewan #SK | #Paramedics answering the call for care not new in some...
You need help, so you call for an ambulance – not to get you to the hospital, but so the paramedics can deliver the care you need. This innovative concept is called Community Paramedicine and has...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | City of Regina accommodating evacuees displaced by northern...
The Henk Ruys Soccer Centre and SaskTel Sports Centre have been designated as an Emergency Evacuation sites to shelter evacuees from northern Saskatchewan who have been displaced by the wildfires. The...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Wildfire update – July 2 2015 at 11:30 am
Travel not recommended in many northern areas; fire ban in place for all of northern Saskatchewan; fireworks prohibited. Due to extreme wildfire hazards in northern Saskatchewan, the Ministry of...
View ArticleNew Brunswick | Fire crews heading to Saskatchewan to battle wildfires
Thirty firefighters are being sent to northern Saskatchewan to help battle wildfires. “In New Brunswick, we are fortunate to have well-trained firefighters who are ready to help their counterparts in...
View ArticleQuebec | Le Québec prête des ressources additionnelles
La Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), en collaboration avec le ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, apporte à nouveau son aide au combat des incendies de forêt en...
View ArticleSaskatchewan | Update on wildfires – July 11 2015 15h
Road closures in many northern areas; travel not recommended; fire ban in place for all of northern Saskatchewan. Due to active wildfires in northern Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Environment continues...
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